Prince Mike, released from durance vile, says his title is abolished and he is just plain Romanoff. Our costly lawyers inform us, however, that the reader may legally refer to hIm as Gerguson-or even not mention him at all. Comptroller Berry's accounts have heen audited and found correct in ev- ery particular. 'The ink, we take it, IS of exactly the right shade of red. THE NEW YORKER J "She lives for hoyses, and they for her." . . OF ALL THINGS joy his meals. It would he like those Reds to repay this loan just to makE" thf capitalist countries look silly. T HE collapse of the Economic Conference is unfortunate, but it Inight have been foreseen by PLO- pIe of vision. These cosmic problems can never be settled anywhere hut at \Villiamstown, Massachusetts. . Among those ahsent and unmen- tioned at the 'Tammany Fourth of July whoopee was A. E. Smith, once a prolninent Inemher. This may not mean a coldness hetween Al and the Organization, but some of us are hop- ing for the worst. . Each nation must now go it alone: and lift 1tse If by its own hootstraps. Those having no hootstraps left may use shoestrings. . 21 possIble for lawmakers to be as disgustingly right as that. . American marnages hit an all-time low in 1932, but di- vorces fell off sharply from the previous year. People were too poor to hook up or bust up. . Upon his return to his native land, the oversized Carnera win meet M ussolini. But only in a social way, some will he glad to hear. . After a study of many mar- riages, Leonard S. Cottrell of Chicago University finds that the ad vice of fathers on prospec- tive unions is generally good; of mothers, almost always bad. Ask Dad, says Dr. Cottrell, he knows. . The Flatiron Building waS sold under the hammer the other day, and this would seem to mark the passing of an era. Jokes about this famous struc- ture are now so ohsolete that even a radio comedian will not touch them. . Seeing the handwriting on the wall, the "T.C.T.U. has re- solved upon a campaign of edu- cation against alcohol. This will make life brighter for the young, particularly if the gals display the old-time favorite, the drunkard's liver. . . . 'This three-dot-two beer was legal- ized by Congress on the theory that it is non-intoxicating, and many of our citizens feel that they have been de- ceived. Nobody believed that it was Mayor O'Brien has been okayed by the other Johns and will run for re- election. Just now it looks as if the 'Tiger had nothing to fear except the wolf. -HOWARD BRUBAKER . Our governme"nt is lending money to the Soviets to buy cotton, and now Hamilton Fish will not be able to en-